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Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of trade= mark information activities and expected time frames for their realization<= /strong>
The main document that determined the directions for the development of = trademark information activities in 2018 was the Plan of activities o= f the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute" (Ukrpate= nt) which contained strategic directions "Patent information suppo= rt in the sphere of intellectual property, provision of wide public with ac= cess to the information related to intellectual property rights (IPR) acqui= sition" and "Implementation of modern informati= on technology" which in particular include:
- comprehensive development of the main directions of information suppor= t in the sphere of intellectual property;
- introduction of a new version/edition of the International Classificat= ion of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Ni= ce Classification) translated into Ukrainian, creation of information and r= eference system (IRS) which will provide free public access to the Classifi= cation through the Ukrpatent website;
- implementation of series of actions aimed at ensuring the continued ac= quisition of patent information resources of Ukraine with current publicati= ons of the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" on CD-ROM;
- participation in the activities on unification and harmonization of Uk= rainian patent documentation in view of the global experience and in accord= ance with the international standards of the World Intellectual Property Or= ganization (WIPO) and the current legislation of Ukraine.
In particular, the main actions envisaged by the Plan of Ukrpatent for 2= 018 are aimed at:
- development of the technological automated system for process= ing of applications and titles of protection for marks for goods and servic= es;
- automation of the document workflow and provision of a comprehensive e= lectronic information processing;
- development and implementation of freely accessible information resour= ces for a wide range of public;
- development of the IT infrastructure;
- improving security of the international infrastructure.
In addition, the development of trademark information activities in 2018= (as to information technology) was in accordance with the Concept of Infor= mation Technology Development at Ukrpatent in 2016-2018 and was carried out= in the following main areas:
- automation of technological processing of applications for trademarks,= implementation of paperless document management;
- integration of the electronic document workflow system with the marks = for goods and services automated system software, providing internal and ex= ternal electronic interaction;
- provision of electronic official publications on trademarks and mainte= nance of the corresponding electronic state register;
- improvement of access to applications and registered trademarks materi= als for their search by a wide range of users;
- provision of users with electronic services relating to trademarks acc= essible through the Internet.
New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the= policies and plans mentioned above, short description: aims, partners, tas= ks
1. In 2018, improvements of the Trademarks Automated System (TMAS) were = implemented due to changes in the organizational structure of Ukrpatent. Th= us, expanding the functional competencies and tasks of the Documentation De= partment required urgent creation of the appropriate mechanism. Such a mech= anism was created in the form of a multifunctional software module providin= g the department specialists with the implementation of a set of functions,= namely:
2. In 2018, Ukrpatent decided to stop financing aimed at upgrading and a= dapting outdated systems for processing of applications for trademarks and = industrial designs registers. Strategic goals in the field of trademarks an= d industrial designs required the development and implementation of a new g= eneration automated system. During the second half of the year, actions wer= e taken to analyze the current state of the systems, to study the actual ne= eds of different categories of users, to define a concept, methodology for = development and requirements for new services and functions of the new syst= em.
At the end of the year, a package of project requirements for the creati= on of a complex automated system for processing applications for designatio= ns and industrial designs filed under the national registration procedure i= n accordance with the national legislation of Ukraine and in accordance wit= h international agreements under the international registration procedure w= as completed. Project development and implementation of the system is sched= uled for 2019.
3. In 2018, creation of the Special Information System of Ukrpatent (SIS= ) was started.
The purpose of creating the SIS is to provide access to information reso= urces published pursuant to requirements of the national legislation. This = is a search engine that has a universal search interface. With the help of = the SIS, through one query one can search within published applications and= state registrations of all IPR types.
The use of new technologies to implement a search engine will significan= tly reduce the time of information retrieval.
Main areas of trademark information activities and related infor= mation and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus= of attention last year
The main types of trademark information activities include support of ex= amination of marks for goods and services applications, in particular, form= ing of search databases for internal use at the examination body, performan= ce of searches, publication of information about registered marks in the of= ficial bulletin and creating interactive databases and information and refe= rence systems for providing information services for a wide range of users = via the Internet. Information on marks is also published on optical carrier= s.
Examination of applications for marks for goods and services is carried = out by means of the Trademarks Automated System (TMAS) which has full funct= ionality of the text processing and record keeping of trademark application= s at all stages, from application filing to completing the examination and = maintenance of the State Register of Certificates of Ukraine for Marks for = Goods and Services.
An automated worksite of the Editorial Department is used to form the in= formation arrays which are included to the publications in the Official Bul= letin "Industrial Property".
The following resources were introduced for information support of the e= xamination procedure:
- the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose= s of the Registration of Marks, Eleventh Edition, version 2018 (NCL (1= 1-2018)) translated into Ukrainian;
- the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks, = Eighth Edition (VCL (8)) translated into Ukrainian.
To provide access for a wide range of users to the mentioned classificat= ions the following information and reference systems (IRS) were available o= n the Ukrpatent website:
- IRS "International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpos= es of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification). Eleventh Edition, ve= rsion 2018";
- IRS "International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks = (Vienna Classification). Eighth Edition".
In 2018, actions were taken to update the computer and telecommunication= equipment and software; steps were taken to upgrade security hardware and = software. In particular, the servers adapted to arrange new information sys= tems intended for placement of new information systems for increase of para= meters of power and speed of existing systems were put into operation in 20= 18. The volumes and the number of storages of information to m= eet the needs for information placement for current and being put into oper= ation systems were increased.
All equipment was put into operation.
The organizational and technical actions for the decommissioning of obso= lete/outdated equipment and putting into service of new computer equipment = were carried out.
Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and registra= tions with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid cha= nges
Applications filed:
in 2017 =E2=80=93 30,183, in 2018 =E2=80=93 30,899, i.e. 2.= 4% increase with respect to the previous year.
Registered Certificates:
in 2017 =E2=80=93 15,248, in 2018 =E2=80=93 15,877, i.e. 4.1% increase w= ith respect to the previous year.
From January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, Ukrpatent received 8,756 appl= ications for marks for goods and services with the use of electronic filing= system for industrial property rights (45.9% increase with respect to the = previous year). 28.3% of the total amount of applications for marks f= or goods and services received by Ukrpatent (according to the national proc= edure) were electronic applications for marks for goods and services.
In 2018, in comparison with the previous year, the following areas exper= ienced rapid changes: Administration, communication, estate property and fi= nancial transactions (+9.7%); Leisure, education, training (+21.1%) and Sci= entific research, information and telecommunications technologies (+8.7%); = Household equipment (-7.5%) and Chemical products (-8.3%).
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Offi= ce, news page, statistics, etc.
Annual Reports, Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Information Activi= ties, statistical information:
https://ukrpatent.org/uk/articles/statistics<= /p>
News of the Office on the issues related to trademarks:
http://www.me.gov.u= a/ (Intellectual Property section)
Information on the trademark legislation:
http://www.me.gov.ua/ (I= ntellectual Property section)
https://ukrpatent.org/uk/articles/= legislation-and-standards
Information on Intellectual Property Representatives (Patent Attorneys) = providing services related to the IPR protection:
http://www.me.gov.ua/ (I= ntellectual Property section).
Since 2017, the integrated patent information resource the Open Datasets= of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has been in o= peration for searching in the datasets of the state registers of indus= trial property rights and the State Register of Intellectual Property Repre= sentatives (Patent Attorneys). This resource is accessible at http://ope= ndata.uipv.org.
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants reg= arding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URL= s
Information for users on various procedures and sources of information o= n trademarks, in particular, information on the legislation in the sphere o= f trademarks, services and Office activities related to the information on = trademarks, statistical information, etc. is published on the website of th= e Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (http://www.me.gov.ua/) and on the Uk= rpatent website (https://ukrpatent.org/).
The list of patent information services, including paid services = provided by Ukrpatent, in particular, by its Department of Patent Informati= on Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotion, is published = on the websites of Ukrpatent and this Department.<= /p>
Information for applicants on filing applications for marks for goods an= d services is available on the websites of the Ministry of Economic Develop= ment and Trade of Ukrpatent (http://www.me.gov.ua/) and Ukrpatent (https://ukrpatent.org/).
Electronic applications may be filed thr= ough the Electronic Applications Filing System (EAFS-1). The ap= plicant's personal account was implemented in the system providing access t= o all documents generated in the process of interaction between the examina= tion body and applicants during processing of patent applications.= p>
For filing electronic applications for marks for goods and service= s and electronic exchange between the examination body and applicants, the = Electronic Interaction System (EIS) may be used.
User guide on the work with systems, rules of draftin= g an application, user manuals and regulatory documents are available on th= e Ukrpatent website at:
http://base.ukrpatent.org/efiling;
Electronic documents are electronically signed. Information on how= to get an electronic digital signature (qualified electronic signature) is= available on the Ukrpatent website in the "Receiving Elec= tronic Trust Services" section. Information on how to get an electronic= digital signature (receipt of electronic trust services) is available on t= he Ukrpatent website at: https://ukrpatent.org/i_upload/file/Poriadok-nadannia-poslug-ECP-2017= -- pdf.
Access to online publications containing information on trademarks, is p= rovided through the websites of the Ministry of Economic Development and Tr= ade of Ukraine (http:/= /www.me.gov.ua/) and Ukrpatent (http://uipv.org/en/bases.html= a>).
Availability of the application dossier in electronic form
All application materials for marks for goods and services (both primary= and secondary), irrespective of the way they are filed to Ukrpatent (throu= gh the electronic filing system, on paper carriers, by email, fax or other = telecommunication networks), automatically or after scanning the paper carr= iers are entered and stored in the electronic document archive and used by = technological systems within the pendency of applications.
Matters concerning classifying
(i) Classific=
ation and reclassification activities; classification systems used, e.g., I=
nternational Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the R=
egistration of Marks (Nice Classification), International Classification of=
the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vienna Classification), other classifica=
tion
(ii) Use of electronic classification systems and=
pre-defined terms of the classification applied
In the framework of the Trademarks Automated System (TMAS) and the Inter= national Registration of Marks AS a program system for verifying classifica= tion indexes is in place. This system includes manuals on classification sy= stems and special software for performing functions of verifying classifica= tion indexes and reclassification.
As of January 1, 2018, the 2018 version of the 11th edition o= f the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes o= f the Registration of Marks (NCL (11-2018)) in the Ukrainian translation, a= s well as the 8th edition of the International Classification of= the Figurative Elements of Marks (VCL (8)) in Ukrainian translation were i= mplemented by the relevant orders of the Ministry of Economic Development a= nd Trade of Ukraine.
To ensure accuracy of search results during the examination of applicati= ons for marks for goods and services, a revision of search requisite elemen= ts (indexes of the Vienna Classification of the Figurative Elements of Mark= s) regarding their compliance with a new edition of VCL (8) in the TMAS tec= hnological databases and the International Registration of Marks AS was car= ried out.
In the second half of 2018 a set of works was performed necessary for en= suring the implementation in the state system of legal intellectual propert= y protection as of January 1, 2019, of NCL (11-2019) translated into Ukrain= ian, in particular, respective IRS was created.
In 2018 the following electronic classification systems were used:
- NCL (11-2018) and VCL (8) translated into Ukrainian within t= he TMAS =E2=80=93 for trademark applications examination;
- IRS "International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpos= es of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification). Eleventh Edition, ve= rsion 2018" and IRS "Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (Vi= enna Classification). Eighth Edition" =E2=80=93 by a wide range of users, p= rimarily applicants (available for free on the Ukrpatent website).
After WIPO amends the current version/edition of the NCL and implements = its new one, a new version/edition of the current edition translated into U= krainian is formed by administrative tools for technological automated syst= ems.
Matters concerning processing of different types of non-traditio= nal marks (e.g., three-dimensional, motion, hologram, color mark, etc.)
The Tredemarks Automated System tools provide for processing of color an= d sound marks.
Other activities
Main types of publications in the field of trademark information= , outline of the content and medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
Information of the Office on trademarks is provided by publication in pr= inted sources of the intellectual property legal protection sphere, patent = information products on optical carriers, free electronic databases (DB) an= d information and reference systems (IRS):
Information on trademarks is published in Book 2 of the Official Bulleti= n "Industrial Property" in the following sections: "Information on the Issu= e of Certificates of Ukraine for Marks for Goods and Services", "Informatio= n on Well-Known Marks in Ukraine", "Information on Marks Registered under t= he Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and/= or the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Regist= ration of Marks, Protected in Ukraine", in the indexes to each of the secti= ons listed and the section of Notices. Color images of marks for goods and = services (if any) are published in the relevant section.
Publications of the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" include:
- for section "Information on the Issue of Certificates of Ukraine for M= arks for Goods and Services" =E2=80=93 bibliographic data, list of goods an= d services, black-and-white images of marks;
- for section "Information on Well-Known Marks in Ukraine" =E2=80=93 inf= ormation on marks declared to be well-known in Ukraine in the scope defined= by the Office, list of goods and services, black-and-white images of marks= ;
- for section "Information on Marks Registered under the Madrid Agreemen= t Concerning the International Registration of Marks and/or the Protocol to= the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, P= rotected in Ukraine" =E2=80=93 information on marks in the scope defined by= the Office, list of goods and services, black-and-white images of marks.= p>
The Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" was issued twice a month =E2= =80=93 24 issues of the bulletin were issued during 2018. The Annual Index = of the Official Bulletin for the previous 2017 year was also published.
The National CD-ROM "Marks for Goods and Services Registered in Ukraine"= was issued with the same frequency and includes the following information:= bibliographic data, images of marks, list of goods and services grouped by= the NCL classes.
Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of pub= lication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online, URL), etc.
In the Notices section of the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" (p= rinted and electronic edition) with the periodicity of its release announce= ments in respect of registered marks for goods and services (to the extent = provided by the respective applicable Law of Ukraine) are published includi= ng data on changes in the information entered into the State Register of Ce= rtificates of Ukraine for Marks for Goods and Services, information on issu= e of the certificate duplicates, information on modifications due to the co= rrection of errors and other information relating to the registration of ce= rtificates of Ukraine for marks for goods and services.
The section also contains publication of changes in information about in= ternational registration of marks protected in Ukraine.
This information is available at http://www.me.gov.ua/ and http://ukrpatent.org/uk.<= /p>
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) available to exami= ners, including external documentation and databases
Information products available to examiners for trademark applications e= xamination (search collection) are approved by the corresponding order of U= krpatent and, inter alia, include:
- AS "Marks for Goods and Services", the database for marks recognized a= s well-known in Ukraine as well as the Industrial Designs AS;
- DB "Legislation of Ukraine";
- DB "6ter Express";
- DB "MedNet Services";
- DB "Global Brand Database";
- Electronic version of "Madrid Monitor"
- corresponding state and national classifiers of Ukraine;
- current versions/editions of the Nice and Vienna Classifications;
- the Examination Reference and Information Collection of Ukrpatent, oth= er information and reference sources mainly in electronic form.
Information products (coverage, medium, etc.) and services avail= able to external users; conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscri= ption, etc.)
For information support of the wide range of public free access to the i= nformation concerning trademarks is provided through the websites of the Mi= nistry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and Ukrpatent =E2=80=93= see the List of publications in electronic resources above.
Information on registered marks for goods and services is available as o= pen data at http://opendata.uipv.org.
The Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" on CD-ROM was distributed fo= r free in the framework of updating patent collections of certain organizat= ions of Ukraine according to the Registries of free-of-charge distribution = approved by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
External users can also purchase the Official Bulletin "Industrial Prope= rty" on CD-ROM equipped with a search system and the National CD-ROM "Marks= for Goods and Services Registered in Ukraine", the retrospective accumulat= ive optical disc (DVD) "Marks for Goods and Services Registered in Ukraine"= .
On the website of Ukrpatent there is free access to: Annual Reports of the Office, Annual Technical Reports on Trademark Inf= ormation Activities which Ukrpatent prepares for WIPO, quarterly review= "Industrial Property in Figures. Performance indicators of the Ministry of= Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the State Enterprise =E2=80= =98Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute=E2=80=99" (the Internet publication "Industrial Property in Figures"), t= he WIPO Standards translated into Ukrainian = (with no official status) which have the most practical value related to va= rious industrial property rights, including trademarks (Section "WIPO Standards").
The List of Foreign Industrial Property Databases with Free = Internet Access and the List of Scientific and Technical Databases and Refe= rence Resources with Free Internet Access" are published and updated quarte= rly on the website of Ukrpatent.
See also Part 1 of Section 5 Promotion activities aimed to suppo= rt users in access and efficient use of trademark information for = information on services available to external users.
Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium,= etc.)
Information concerning the legal status of the registered certificates o= f Ukraine for marks for goods and services to the extent prescribed by the = applicable law of Ukraine is published in the Official Bulletin "Industrial= Property" in the section "Notices" both on paper and in electronic form (t= he CD-ROM "Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" and the = DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official Bulletin =E2=80=98Industr= ial Property=E2=80=99").
In addition, such information is provided in the IRS "Information on Certif= icates of Ukraine for Marks for Goods and Services Deemed to be Invalid or = Expired" and (as an extra operational component) in the relevant sectio= ns of the DB "Electronic Version of the Cumulative Official= Bulletin "Industrial Property" and the DB "Marks for Goo= ds and Services Registered in Ukraine".
Other sources
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within th= e Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improv= ements
The main software tool supporting the examination on applications for ma= rks for goods and services and the maintenance of the state registers is th= e Trademarks Automated System (TMAS). The automated control functions are i= mplemented in the TMAS for processing the applications for marks for goods = and services.The whole cycle of the formation, approval, signing, transmiss= ion and registration of documents is carried out on the basis of the electr= onic technology.
The TMAS includes the following databases (DB):
- TradeMarks =E2=80=93 the database "Marks for Goods and Services";
- Doc =E2=80=93 the document management workflow;
- Madrid Monitor =E2=80=93 the international applications for trad= emarks filed with the Ukrainian Office (from 2018);
- MadridNotif =E2=80=93 the database of information notices;
- NMadrid =E2=80=93 the international applications for trademarks from U= kraine;
- OFFICE =E2=80=93 the database of Business Management Division;
- Ref =E2=80=93 the database of books of reference ;
- Romarin =E2=80=93 the international applications for trademarks f= iled with the Ukrainian Office (till 2018 );
- Root =E2=80=93 the database of the system administrator ;=
- Similars =E2=80=93 database to discover similar or identical marks;
- SixTer =E2=80=93 the database to search marks (armorial bearings, flag= s);
- TMPPLetter =E2=80=93 the database for posting;
- TMSearch =E2=80=93 the database of search system;
- WellKnownMarks =E2=80=93 the database to search well-known trademarks.=
Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
The server part is based on x86 servers by Hewlett-Packard (HP) (DL380Ge= n10, DL380Gen8, DL380G7, DL380G5, DL360 Gen8).
The data storage models are HP (3Par StoreServ 7200, MSA2050, MSA2040, P= 2000, MSA2324fc).
The data Storage Area Network (SAN) incorporates channel switches HP&nbs= p;SN3000B and HP SAN Switch 8/24.
The common network infrastructure consists of:
- the Check point 5600NGTP Security Gateway incorporating VPN and Firewa= ll modules to provide for the safe Internet connection and access control, = as well as protection of the Ukrpatent IT infrastructure from the complex h= azards and attacks (botnet attacks, targeted attacks, APT attacks, and zero= -day attacks);
- Barracuda Spam & Virus FireWall for spam protection of mail server= s;
- internal router (Unix-based) to support the local area network of Ukrp= atent.
Local area network incorporates channel switches HP Aruba 2930M, HP = ;Procurve 2910aI-24G, HP 2510-48 and HP Procurve 2530-4= 8, and is divided into 16 virtual local area networks (VLANs).
The server infrastructure is fully virtualized. Physical servers are ope= rated via Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 and VMware ESXi, thus allowing esta= blishing and exploiting efficient virtual servers. Virtualization servers a= re joined in Hyper-V clusters enabling high availability of production serv= ers with operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows = Server 2012R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2008= R2 and CentOS7.
The databases are administered via MS SQL Server 2016, MS= SQL Server 2014, MS SQL 2008R2, MS SQL= 2005, PostgreeSQL, MySQL.
There is a domain Active Directory (AD) system established enabling cent= ralized control of all information resources including users, computers, fi= les, peripherals, service access, network resources, websites, databases, e= tc.
A few domain controllers are used to ensure fail-safe operation of the d= omain structure,
WSUS server provides for the update of the operating systems of the serv= ers and the client PCs.
ESET antivirus server provides for the master control of the antivirus s= oftware installed on all client PCs, update of the virus definitions, prepa= ration of the report on the virus definitions update and the current hazard= s.
The data backup is provided for via the Microsoft software product =E2= =80=93 System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM), which enables continuou= s data protection aimed at secure restoring the operation of the Windows se= rvers. There is a plan for restoring operation of all servers and services = after the crash.
Also, other products of the Microsoft System Center 2012R2 family are us= ed, in particular the Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) to manage virtualizat= ion.
The IT infrastructure development activities that were carried out durin= g the current period were aimed at building a fail-safe/HA(high availabilit= y) core of computer network, increasing the network capacity, security and = controllability, replacing obsolete components of the hardware part of the = infrastructure, consolidating and virtualizing servers. Virtualization serv= ers are joined in clusters enabling high availability of all systems.
In total, the corporate network consists of 650 personal computers= , 25 physical and 60 virtual servers, 10 storages of information and variou= s switching equipment.
For the information systems users the Internet connection is provided to= search and browse information.
Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external = sources
The data from a number of sources (internal and external) are used while= carrying out examination of applications for marks for goods and services:=
The internal databases are updated in the course of processing applicati= ons and within the respective state registers maintenance.
Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file bu= ilding, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the sea= rch file
Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal st= atus, statistics, and administrative support)
Other matters
Office's library (if deals with trademark information): equipmen= t, collection management, network of libraries in the country, cooperation = with foreign libraries
In order to satisfy public needs for patent information in Ukraine, the Public Patent Documentat= ion Collection (PPDC) functions within the structure of the Department = of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promo= tion of Ukrpatent. The PPDC is the most comprehensive patent library in Ukr= aine available to the public (Intellectual Property Office library).
International exchange with foreign patent offices has long been the mai= n source of foreign industrial property documentation of the PPDC, includin= g information on trademarks. Such international cooperation allowed accumul= ating a considerable amount of current and retrospective foreign patent doc= umentation, in particular, official bulletins of numerous countries. The PP= DC also contains methodological, information and reference and periodical e= ditions.
During 2018 the PPDC was updated with current publications of official b= ulletins of foreign IP Offices and the Official Bulletin"Industrial Propert= y" on CD-ROM. As of December 31, 2018, the PPDC collection of official bull= etins constitutes in total over 20,7 thousand copies.
The PPDC provided for possibility to get information on trademarks publi= shed in the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" (Book 2) on paper/digit= al carriers as well as official bulletins of foreign intellectual property = Offices.
Free access to the PPDC materials was provided for visitors in the readi= ng room. The customers` work with foreign documentation funds available at = the PPDC on optical media is carried out jointly with the consultants of th= e Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation A= ctivity Promotion of Ukrpatent.
In 2018 the PPDC was attended by 252 users, 8% of which were legal entit= ies and 92% =E2=80=93 individuals.
Information concerning the contents of the PPDC and its quarterly update= s was published in the Information Files section on the website of Ukrpaten= t (http://ukrpatent.org/uk) and its Department of = Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotio= n of Ukrpatent (ht= tp://iii.ua/).
Proper storage of the PPDC documents to meet applicable requirements and= guarantee their safety was ensured during 2018.
The PPDC is located on the premises of the Department of Patent Informat= ion Services, Consultations and Innovation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent = in three specially adapted and equipped areas (two depositories with the to= tal area of 81 sq. m. and a reading room of 40 sq. m.). The PPDC is equippe= d with 10 up-to-date computers with appropriate licensed software, as well = as scanners, printers and xerographic copying machines.
To enable users to make online access to the electronic information reso= urces, such as the Digital Patent Library, the Internet access base= d on Wi-Fi technology was provided for users' convenience in addition to th= e traditional Internet access.
The Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovat= ion Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent provided, including on the PPDC basis (= intellectual property office library), all necessary consultations as well = as services both on free-of-charge and commercial basis. Free-of-charge con= sultations were provided on the most efficient ways to carry out informatio= n search, search on CD-ROMs and in the free remote databases of patent docu= mentation via the Internet, etc.
The Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovat= ion Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent also provided commercial services, incl= uding carrying out different types of search of information and documentati= on.
In 2018, the following commercial services related to trademarks were pr= ovided:
- 263 consultations on regularity of preparing application materials, am= ong them 181 for registration of a mark for goods and services. The most co= mmon issue is a preliminary decision on compliance of a claimed mark with t= erms of granting legal protection based on results of information searches = in databases of registered marks for similarity and identity;
- 384 consultations in the form of guidelines on preparing application m= aterials for registration of a mark for goods and services;
- 7,867 searches for similarity and identity of marks;
- 2,295 title (firm) searches as for all IPRs, including trademarks, upo= n requests of arbitration managers and liquidators of enterprises in defaul= t and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine;
- 12 monitoring orders as for owners and clients;
- 13 sets of materials for filing trademark applications for internation= al registration;
- 7 sets of materials on transfer of exclusive proprietary rights to tra= demarks;
Consultations on granting legal protection, exercise, infringement ident= ification and protection of all IPR is considered to be the most popular se= rvice. The most common issues are those related to the procedure of obtaini= ng legal protection to IPRs, including trademarks. Around 22,670 of such co= nsultations were provided by telephone for the whole year. Individual recep= tion of 1,342 applicants took place.
In April 2017, the WIPO Depository Library was open on the basis of the = Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innovation Act= ivity Promotion of Ukrpatent with the free-of-charge access to the document= s.
Publications related to different business procedures and tradem= ark information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, = Internet publications, etc.
The Ukrpatent website provides free access to:
- information on trademarks published in the Annu= al Reports and Annual Technical Reports of the Office on trademark info= rmation activities, quarterly issues of the Int= ernet publication "Industrial Property in Figures" (statistical informa= tion);
Periodicals, e.g. scientific and practical magazine "Intellectual Proper= ty in Ukraine", which is distributed as paper and electronic edition over t= he territory of Ukraine by subscription, publish articles (including by the= specialists of the state system of intellectual property legal protection)= on various matters and in particular relating to legal protection of trade= marks. The printed edition of the magazine is available for free at the PPD= C of the Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations and Innov= ation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent.
The list of articles, reports, slide presentati= ons, methodical recommendations and practical manuals on topical issues of = intellectual property, prepared by specialists of Ukrpatent for the per= iod from 2004 to 2018, is available on the website of Ukrpatent. A certain = part of the documents is available in electronic form.
Cooperation with universities, technology and innovation support= centers, etc.
Over the reporting year, with the purpose of updating patent collections= of certain organizations of Ukraine (bodies of the national system of scie= ntific and technical information, in particular the state and national libr= aries and universities, departments of which are entrusted with the appropr= iate patent information functions, including business innovative centres of= universities) the Official Bulletin "Industrial Property" on CD-ROM was se= nt free of charge to the specified ones and some other organizations of Ukr= aine in accordance with the Registries of free-of-charge distribution appro= ved by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.
Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (UR= Ls), seminars, exhibitions, etc.
Significant attention was paid to the skills upgrading of experts of the= state system of intellectual property legal protection.
In order to improve and update knowledge in the intellectual prope= rty sphere in accordance with the requirements of the qualification profile= , 28 specialists of Ukrpatent were assigned to obtain the Master's degree i= n the field of intellectual property right at the Kyiv Institute of Intelle= ctual Property and Law of the National University "Odessa Law Academy". In = addition, examiners and other specialists improved their English lan= guage skills.
On November 14-15, 2018, Ukrpatent organized and held the conference "Im= portant Issues in the Context of Industrial Property Rights Acquisition, Pr= otection and Commercialization". Within the framework of the event, the rol= e of Ukrpatent as a component of innovative development of the state and th= e program included the topics relating to trademarks, acquisition and prote= ction of geographical indications, application aspects of provisions the As= sociation Agreement concerning the pre-term termination of the validity of = the Certificate of Ukraine of a mark for goods and services as well as the = issues of the ongoing dialogue with applicants, paperless technologies for = cooperation between the applicant and the examination body, etc. The audien= ce of the conference was made by patent attorneys, lawyers, IP specialists,= representatives of scientific-publishing and business circles of Ukraine.<= /p>
Over the course of 2018, to support educational activity and to po= pularize the intellectual property sphere Ukrpatent:
- arranged excursions to the Museum of Intellectual Property Legal Prote= ction for IP specialists, postgraduate students, school and college student= s, participants of the official foreign delegations, patent attorneys of th= e USA, Peoples Republic of China, Georgia, Poland, the EU, Ukraine as well = as individual visitors. The total number of visitors to the Museum in 2018 = exceeded 300 persons;
- prepared and published articles and presentations e.g. "Powering chang= e: Women in innovation and creativity" on the occasion of World Intellectua= l Property Day, on the website (section "Special Issue Materials about Prom= inent Personalities, Commemorative Dates and Events");
- published articles in the scientific and practical magazine "Intellect= ual Property in Ukraine".
Other activities
Detailed information on other activities of the state system of intellec= tual property legal protection in 2018 is published on the Ukrpatent websit= e, in particular, in quarterly issues of the In= ternet publication "Industrial Property in Figures" as well as in the <= a class=3D"external-link" href=3D"https://ukrpatent.org/uk/articles/statist= ics" rel=3D"nofollow">Annual Report on Ukrpatent activities in 2018.
In 2018, the Department of Patent Information Services, Consultations an= d Innovation Activity Promotion of Ukrpatent ensured the functioning of the= Industrial Property Internet Exchange aimed at promoting domestic IPR, inc= luding trademarks, on the market, encouraging the development of inventive = and innovative activities, increasing the level of public awareness on the = intellectual property importance and informing a wide range of stakeholders= .
In total, 138 projects were prepared, published and updated in the= Industrial Property Exchange in the reporting year.
The Industrial Property Internet Exchange is accessible at http://ex= change.iii.ua/uk
International exchange of trademark information in machine-reada= ble form (e.g., Official Gazettes)
The functions of patent documentation international exchange are perform= ed by Ukrpatent, recognized in 2003 by the law as the Centre of Internation= al Exchange of Publications according to the Convention on International Ex= change of Publications, adopted on December 3, 1958 by the UN General Confe= rence on the matters of education, science and culture.
In 2018, in the framework of international exchange Ukrpatent :
In addition, during 2018 Rospatent had also access via the FTP-server to= data which are published in the National CD-ROM "Marks for Goods and Servi= ces Registered in Ukraine".
Participation in international or regional activities and projec= ts related to trademark information
In 2018 the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and Uk= rpatent representatives continued international cooperation with the WIPO i= n the intellectual property sphere as well as related to the European Union= (EU) projects.
In April 2018, an international expert of the European Union (EU) Projec= t "Support to the Develop= ment of a Geographical Indications System in Ukraine" Dr. Rudolf Schmid= t visited Ukrpatent. The main subject of the discussion was the peculiariti= es of the process of registration of geographical indications in Ukraine, t= he differences between the systems of registration of geographical indicati= ons in the EU and Ukraine as well as further ways of developing the nationa= l registration system.
At the end of June 2018, Ukrpatent hosted a delegation from the St= ate Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO). = Within the framework of the event, discussions on the organizational princi= ples of the work of the Chinese office and Ukrpatent, discussion of proposa= ls for further cooperation and sharing experience between the managers of t= he key units of the national intellectual property offices of China and Ukr= aine were held.
In October 2018, a working meeting of specialists of Ukrpatent with spec= ialists of the EU Project on Geographical Indications took place. The EU Pr= oject was presented by its senior expert Jorge Goldman and the national exp= erts Olena Nazarenko and Yaroslav Andreiev. In the course of the meeting, i= ssues on the use of geographical indications that identify goods originated= from the temporarily occupied territory of the Crime= a were discussed. The problems of recognition of geographical indicat= ions registered by the European Union; coexistence of indications and marks= for goods and services; monitoring of compliance with quality standards by= the relevant authorities were considered. Particular attention was paid to= the state enterprises intellectual property and to conflict situations ari= sing from the simplified re-registration of intellectual property rights.= span>
The cooperation of Ukrpatent specialists with experts of the EU Project = on Geographical Indicators continued in December 2018 in the course of thei= r working visit in Ukraine. The protection of geographical indications for = products for which the place of origin is the Crimea and the prevention of = the use of such geographical indications by the Russian Federation was in t= he focus of the discussion in the same way as during the previous meeting. = The key issues were the cooperation of governmental bodies of Ukraine= with the relevant EU bodies in the field of registration of geographical i= ndications and their use and further protection. The parties agreed to prov= ide technical assistance and continue cooperation via the active dialogue.<= /span>
In November 2018, an information visit of the delegation of intell= ectual property experts of the Republic of Georgia took place.
In 2018, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and U=
krpatent representatives participated in the WIPO activities a=
nd monitored its important decision-making processes closely for timely response and ensuring participation of Ukraine in the imple=
mentation of the WIPO policy in compliance with the national interests of o=
ur country. In view of this Ukrainian specialists=
took part, on a regular basis, in the work of the WIPO decisi=
on-making bodies as well as sessions and meetings of Committees and Working=
Groups, among which were the 39 th Session of the Standing Comm=
ittee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indicat=
ions, the 28 th Session of the Committee of Experts of the Nice =
Union, the 35th, 36th, 37th and 38th<=
/sup> Sessions of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property =
and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore.
Within the framework of international cooperation, Ukrpatent specialists= participated (online) in the activities of two Task Forces of the= Committee on WIPO Standards (CWS):
- Part 7 Task Force (Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Doc= umentation);
- Public Access to Patent Information Task Force.
In 2018, Ukrpatent and the WIPO continued cooperation relating to Madrid= Goods and Services Manager (MGS) on-line tool of the Madrid System. Ukrpat= ent provided support and updating for the information content of the Ukrainian language version of the MGS online tool whi= ch functions on the WIPO official website from February 2015, in particular= , representation of new interface elements implemented by WIPO in Ukrainian= in the framework of the MGS development. The Ukrainian version of MGS prov= ides access to the alphabetical list of goods/services, class headings and = the explanatory notes of the current version of the Nice Classification tra= nslated into Ukrainian =E2=80=93 for the purposes of international registra= tion of marks being an additional information resource for the national reg= istration of marks.
Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
One of the priority objectives of the examination body is to ensure the = effective functioning of the Quality Management Sy= stem (QMS) of the examination procedure for industrial property rights = applications introduced in 2012 at Ukrpatent (International Certificate No.= 321012076 of October 17, 2012).
The Certificate No. 321012076/1 concerning QMS, received by Uk= rpatent under the established procedure, was valid from November 19, 2015 t= o September 14, 2018.
In July 2018, an independent certification organization carried out the = recertification audit for the purpose of the QMS compliance with the requir= ements of the ISO 9001:2015 standard.
Based on the results of the audit, Ukrpatent was granted the new Certifi= cate No. 321012076/2 of the Ukrpatent QMS compliance with the requirem= ents of the ISO 9001:2015 standard and is valid from September 15. 2018 to = September 14, 2021.